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incurred from this provision in view of

the delay which has occurred in setting

up the Municipality.

4. In my savingram No.935 of the

12th December, 1947, to which I have not

yet received a reply, I referred to a

certain part of the provision under Item

14. 20 of the Schedule of Rehabilitation

expenditure in respect of the Tai Lam Chung

Valley Scheme appearing to be more

appropriate for a Colonial Development

and Welfare Scheme; and I should be

grateful if you would examine also other

items in the Schedule from this point of

view, in order that appropriate schemes

may be met from the Colony's Colonial

Development and Welfare Fund allocation.

5. It is observed that page 134

of the Estimates gives a Schedule of the

Loan expenditure under various Heads, but

that details of the proposed expenditure

under subheads are shewn on separate

duplicated documents. It is suggested

that in future the detailed schedules

should be incorporated in the printed

Estimates as is envisaged by Colonial

Regulation 282.

6. As part of a general financial

settlement between His Majesty's Government and the Government of Hong Kong in respect of various liabilities arising out of the

war, including those referred to in your

despatch No.292 of the 12th December, 1947,

it will be necessary to consider the exact

form